John Callagy is chairman of Kelley Drye & Warren and practices primarily in the firm's New York office. He represents clients on virtually all legal issues affecting large international enterprises. Mr. Callagy has counseled and litigated on behalf of U.S. and European corporate clients in connection with investigations, securities law issues, antitrust, complex contract matters, insolvency, unfair competition, indemnity insurance coverage, product liability, intellectual property, environmental law, ERISA and pension, and labor and personnel matters.  

He is a member of Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division, First Department and Character and Fitness Committee. Mr. Callagy was honored at the Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A 37th Anniversary & Annual Partnership Awards Benefit, recognizing him for his leadership and dedication as chairman of Brooklyn A's first-ever capital campaign, which raised nearly $4 million and led to the purchase of the organization's Williamsburg headquarters and the opening of its Bushwick location. Mr. Callagy also was the recipient of the 2006 "Saint Thomas More Award" presented by the Lawyers' Committee of the Archdiocese of New York.

Some of the selected highlights of John Callagy’s headline representative engagements are:

• ING, Met Life v. JPMorgan Chase – multimillion dollar, multi-district securities and fraud litigation (collapse of National Century).


• Dow Chemical and Directors lawsuit – represented JPMorgan Chase (bank and senior executives) in Dow Chemical litigation over authorized leverage buyout.


• JPMorgan Chase – WorldCom securities litigation settlement.


• JPMorgan Chase v. Liberty Mutual – NY jury trial to recover over $1 billion form insurance companies that guaranteed Enron structured finance transactions.


• Ralph Lauren and Polo – Multimillion dollar breach of contract claim brought by licensee.


• GTE – represented GTE in jury trial for multimillion dollar claim relating to cell phone franchise in Midwest.